Seriously, who the hell are you trying to persuade with this kind of rambling?
Nothing. Of. What. You. Post. Makes. Any. Goddamn. Sense.
Obama won by a smaller margin than in 2008. So what? You and the other GOP knuckleheads were absolutely sure he was going to lose by a landslide.
Can anybody explain why they think that Obama might win? you said. That wasn't deluded at all, right? You, you republican hacks, throughout the year, have been the ones who have come with predictions that proved wrong all along. Meanwhile, Nate Silver, most liberal pundits and most Obama supporters here have always had the right idea of where the race stood. Certainly, nobody was predicting an Obama landslide.
So yeah, Obama won with a slightly reduced margin. And yet, he won more votes and a higher percentage than both of Clinton's and Bush's elections. He won by over 3 points despite a mediocre economy and the utter hatred of a sizable share of the population, despite facing probably one of the most electable candidates of the opposing party, and despite what appeared to be a disillusioned base. So you say he's got no mandate? Did W. Bush have a mandate after 2004? He won, and he won with over 50%. There is more than half of the country which wants him in office, which cannot be said of many of his predecessors. You can ramble as much as you want about evil lazy welfare queens who voted for gifts, of whatever despicable talking points your pathetic mind can come up with. This is a Democracy, and the people have chosen. Get over with it or move to Russia.
